Guest david Posted June 10, 2019 at 03:38 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 03:38 PM In our State wide organization certain officers are elected by the executive committee after being nominated by the state chair. The chair nominates one person for each office. Then declares them elected by acclamation. Can a vote be forces on one of the nominees and if rejected then what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted June 10, 2019 at 03:49 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 03:49 PM Do your rules not allow for other nominations in addition to the ones made by the chair? Can you tell us what, specifically, your rules say about the nominations and election procedures? Yes/No voting is not appropriate for elections and particularly if there is only one candidate. If these offices are defined in your rules, then you have an obligation to fill them. A majority 'No' vote on the only candidate leaves you with an unfilled office that still must be filled. According to RONR, the only way to vote against a particular candidate is to vote for another candidate. Similarly, if you don't want a particular nominee to be elected, you have to nominate someone else. I'd be surprised if your rule don't allow for that in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 10, 2019 at 04:51 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 04:51 PM 1 hour ago, Guest david said: In our State wide organization certain officers are elected by the executive committee after being nominated by the state chair. The chair nominates one person for each office. Then declares them elected by acclamation. Can a vote be forces on one of the nominees and if rejected then what. The way you describe this, officers are not elected by the executive committee, they are appointed by the state chair, who then declares them elected without the committee having anything to say about it. My guess is that your rules do not authorize anything of the sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zev Posted June 10, 2019 at 07:53 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 07:53 PM I strongly suspect that this question is related to the thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted June 10, 2019 at 09:18 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 at 09:18 PM 5 hours ago, Guest david said: In our State wide organization certain officers are elected by the executive committee after being nominated by the state chair. The chair nominates one person for each office. Then declares them elected by acclamation. Can a vote be forces on one of the nominees and if rejected then what. Yes, by nominating another person for office. Where there are two or more nominees, a vote must be taken. Whichever candidate receives more than half the votes cast wins. If none does, then the vote is repeated until one is elected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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